The much requested loose tooth story....

During the summer AJ's mouth and Eliana's head collided, resulting in a loose top tooth for AJ and a headache for Eliana. We called the dentist and they said there wasn't much we could do, if it was going to fall out it would. So it didn't and everything seemed fine until a couple of weeks ago. AJ informed me there was a bump on his gums above the loose tooth and sure enough there it was all gooey and infected. This time we actually go to our dentist (no longer our dentist any more, you'll see why in a minute) and they suggest antibiotics for 7 days and then do a polpotomy,where they go in their and clean it out and seal it so there will be no more infections. This requires local anesthesia. Fast forward a week picture Jonathan and AJ sitting in the chair while the big needle comes toward AJ's mouth. Yeah like that was ever going to happen! So they leave and it doesn't get done and we're supposed to have another round of antibiotics. Fast forward 1 more week and we are at a pediatric dentist who actually has a clue and AJ does much better there. However she takes an x-ray and says "I'm surprised they suggested the polpotomy, that would be an effort to save the tooth and the root is 2/3 gone so it would not have helped. Oh and he doesn't need the antibiotics for another 7 days,that would be too long!" Can you say malpractice? I was so upset at those other dentists! All that aggravation for nothing. Our new dentist suggested instead that the tooth be pulled but it didn't have to be done immediately but that we should keep an eye on it and if the abscess came back and made his mouth swell we should be more aggressive about removing it. So Dawn and Gail (AJ's Sunday school teachers) now you know what he's been talking about for the last 2 weeks!